January
Jack Mercer (January 13, 1910-December 4, 1984) (voice actor, writer, inbetweener) born in New York.
January
Jean Image (Imre Hajdu) (January 1910-October 21, 1989) (director, animator, producer) born in Budapest. (Hungary)



February
Die Geheimnisvolle Streichholzdose ("The Mysterious Match Box") (ss), Guido Seeber /Deutsche Bioscop. (Germany)
(puppet animation)




March
The Clown and His Donkey (ss), Samuel Armstrong. (Great Britain)
(silhouette animation)

En route (ss), Emile Cohl /Gaumont. (France)
(first cut-out animation, animation of paper puppets to avoid redrawing figures for every frame)

May
Maurice Noble (May 10, 1910-May 18, 2001) (designer, layout artist, director) born in Spooner, Minnesota.



June
Pete Burness (Peter Burness, Wilson D. Burness) (June 16, 1916-October 1969) (director, animator, writer) born in Los Angeles, California.



September
Chew Chew Land; or, The Adventures of Dollie and Jim (ss), James Blackton /Vitagraph.
(clay animation, part live action)

Charles A. Nichols (Charles Nichols, Charles August Nichols) (September 1910-August 1992) (director, animator, writer) born in Milford, Utah.



October
Rod Scribner (Roderick Scribner) (animator, director) born.





November
Karel Zeman (November 3, 1910-April 5, 1989) (director, writer) born in Ostromer u Nové Paky, Bohemia. (Austria-Hungary [Czech Republic])

Emile Cohl leaves Gaumont for Pathe. (France)



no date
Le tout petit Faust (ss), Emile Cohl /Gaumont. (France)
(puppet animation)
no date
Eric Porter (producer, director, animator) born. (Australia)

Note: Unfortunately I lack the time or resources to help people find copies of animated films and television programs. I have put together a web List of Online Video and Book Stores that will be useful to find copies in the United States. There are other similar stores on the Internet around the world that might be able to supply the DVDs, LDs, or video tapes that are desired. Check my Animation on the World Wide Web pages for links to animation studios and other Internet resources that may have further information. I am not involved in trading materials from my own collection. I am still waiting to see most of the programs in this Chronology and would be happy to find sources for many of them.

Because of these circumstances I will not respond to requests for help to find these types of materials.
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